Automobile wind-shield.



PATBNTED DEC. 10, 190?.

. s. 1). HUNTER.

AUTOMOBILE WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1907.

ATTORNEYS.

' tion above the lower part.

- I 80 tubular supports, when STEPHEN l). HUNIE t, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILE WIND-SHIE LD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed July 11. 1907. Serial No. 383.272-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. HUNTER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadel hia, county of Philadelphia, and State of ennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automobile Wind-Shields, of which the following is a full,

' clear, and exact description, reference being D tary form a had to the accompanying drawings, which art of this specification.

The 0 jects of my invention are, first, to so construct a two-part wind shield that the removable top part will be so secured to the stationary bottom part that the shield will be virtually as strong and durable as a unishield of equal height; secondly, to so construct the parts that the upper part may be readily attached to and detached from the lower part; thirdly, to -so construct the parts that the upper part may, when detached, be readily supported by, and in rear of, the stationary lower part.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a rear View of the wind-shield supported from the dashboard, the upper part being mounted in posi- Fig. 2 is a side view of-the frame, engine casing anddashboard, with the dismounted u per part of the wind shield supported back 0 the lower part.

.35 i sup orting opposite ends of the lower frame.

Fig. 3 is a'longitudinal section through the abutted as in Fig. 1, and the tubular su ports together.

. a'is the ame of the motor vehicle, I) the enginecasing, c the dash-board, e the tubes a: ,0 the. two-part wind-shield, f the tubes sup ortin'g o posite ends of the upper frame 1 o the w n -shield.

The tubes e are supported from the dashboardby means -of brackets (1. Each frame ."is secured to its two supporting tubes by flmeans of'strapsg. Into theu per end of eac tube 6 is inserted a plug h.

he upper end of the plug is bored centrally and mteriorly screwthread'ed to form a threaded. end

socket i. The plug h should be driven tightly into the tube e until the upper end of the plug is some distance below the upper end of the tube. The plug, at its upper end, is

. tapered downwardly and inwardly to form a conical seat I? at the outer, end'of the socket/i.

Through each upper tu be f extends loosely a pin 'm whose contracted {screw-threaded and adapted.

' ;tlireade d socket i in the plug ii 'cf the corre .held in position by means of a which extends through the tie-plate and enplug and pin for securing the scribed. lower endin .is 2. A wind shield for automobiles compristo engage the spending tube 6. The shoulder 0 above the contracted threaded end 12 is tapered and is frame y dropped down, and the lower end of each pin 'm is screwed into the threaded socket in the bracket 8 secured to the fixed lower half of the wind shield. The threaded socket in bracket 8 corresponds, in size and construction, to the. threaded socket in plug h,

p is a tie-plate 0r washer through one end of which the pin m extends. When the frame y is suspended alongside frame a; as shown in Fig. 2, this end of the tie-plate is confined between the head of the pin m and the top of the corresponding tube f and the other end of the tie-plate is extended over the top of the co'rfesponr ing tube e and is short plug r gages the threaded orifice in the plug 7 When the frame 3 is superposed upon the frame a and the pin m screwed in position as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the tie plate is again confined between the head of the pin m and the corresponding tube f, while the plug 1' is engaged with the threaded orifice in the bracket 8 for safe-keeping. To support the shield 'with additional security and rigidity, braces t are employed, which are screwed to the frame of the vehicle and respectively to the two sides of the fixed lower frame 1;.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and. desire to protect by Letters Patent is: i

1. A wind-shield for automobiles comprising a two part frame and-two pairs of tubes between which the frames are respectively supported, plugs secured within the'tubes of the lower frame and provided with threaded sockets having conical outer seats, and pins extending through thetubes of the upper iaving contracted threaded .ends and tapered shoulders at the junction frame, said pins of their bodies and said contracted threaded. ends, said contracted threaded ends and tapered shoulders being. adaptedto respec; tively engage the threaded orifices and con-- ical seeds in said plugs substantially as de- -1 n'g a two partframe'and two pairs of tubes between-which 'the frames are respectively when the upper frame is supported along:

side the lower frame.

3. A wind-shiehl for automobiles comprising'a two part frame and two pairs of tubes between. which the frames are respectively supported, plugs, having screw threaded end sockets, secured within the tubes of the lower frame, brackets, having, screw thread ed sockets, also secured to the tubes of the lower frame, and pins extending through the tubes of the upper frame, said pins having contracted threaded ends adapted to engage either the threaded sockets in the plugs when the upper frame is superposed upon the lower :5 frame or the threaded sockets in the brackets when the upper frame is supported alongside the lower frame, tie-plates through which. said pins extend, and threaded plug-s adapted to extend through said tie-plates 39 and engage the threaded sockets in the plugs of the lower tubes. V

4. A wind-shield for automobilescompris ing a two part frame and two pairs of tubes between whichthe frames are respectively supported, plugs secured within the tubes of the lower frame and. provided with sockets having conical outer seats, brackets provided with sockets having conical outer seats, and pins extendingthroughthe tubes 40 of the upper frame, said pins having contracted ends and tapered shoulders at. the junction of their bodies and said. contracted ends, said contracted endsbeing adapted to engage either the sockets inthe lugs whenthe upper frame is superposed \l,)OI1 the lower frame or the sockets in the brapkets when the upper frame is supported alongside' the lower frame.

' 5. A wind-shield for automobiles comprising a two part frame and two pairs of tubes between which the framesare respectively supported, plugs secured within the tubes of the lower frame and provided with threaded sockets having conical outer seats, brackets provided with threaded sockets having conical out-er seats, and pins extendin through the tubes of the upper frame, sai pins having contracted fthreade'd ends'and tapered shoulders at junction of their bodies and said contracted threaded ends,

said contracted threaded ends being ada ted to engage either the sockets in the p ugs when the upper frame is superposed upon the lower frame or the sockets in the brackets when the upper frame is su ported alongside the lower frame, tie-p ates, through which said ins extend, and threaded lugs adapted eit er to extend throu h sai tieplates and engae the threads sockets in the plugs of the ower tubes when the upper frame is supported alongside the lower frame or to engage the threaded sockets in the brackets when the upper frame is superposed upon the lower frame.

6. A windshield for automobiles comprising a two part frame and two pairs of tubes between which the frames are respectively supported, plugs secured within the thbes of the lower frame and provided with sockets, brackets having similar sockets located alongside the lower tubes at a distance from their up or ends substantially equal to the length of the upper tubes, and ms extending through the upper tubes and adapted for engagement with the sockets in the plugs when the upper frame-is'superposed upon the lower frame and with the sockets'in said brackets when the upper frame is dismounted.

7. A wind-shield for automobiles comp'ris- 9'0 ing a two part frame and two pairs of tubes between which the frames arerspe'ctively supported, plugs secured within the tub'es'of .the lower frame and provided with sockets, brackets having similar sockets located alongside the lower'tubes at a distance from their upper ends substantially equal to the length of the upper tubes, and ins extending through the upper tubes and adapted for engagement with the'sockeis in the plugs when the upper frame is superposed upon'the 'adapted'to extend to connectthe upper ends of tie two pairs of tubes when the upper frame. is dismounted.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on this 24th day of J une, I907 STEPHEN D.- HUNTER. Witnesses I vM. M. HAMILTON, A. URIAN. 

